[pyxll]

LibreOffice has python support http://api.libreoffice.org/examples/examples.html

[orf]

The Python API looks horrible, basically Java code with Python syntax.

[Brakenshire]

That was my impression as well, the last time I looked. Surely it can't be all that difficult to resolve?

It's a shame, having a simple python scripting system built into Calc would be a major advantage.